Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
UPDATE: Senate Request for NSF 2 Percent Below Current Year
The U.S. Senate Apropriations Committee calls for a National Science Foundation budget just a hair below what the House has asked for. Both houses’ requests are far above what the president has requested.
Alan Krueger: Where Does Public Policy Fit in a Gig Economy?
American labor law and social programs were developed in an age where workers labored for a company and could plan to be there for years, if not a lifetime. The velocity of the gig economy’s expansion has left policymakers far behind, says economist Alan Kruger, and he’d like to bring them up to speed.
Former Census Director Tapped to Head COPAFS
The recently resigned head of the U.S. Census Bureau will head the umbrella organization that serves as an advocate and liaison to federal statistical organizations.
House Considers Flat Budget for NSF
Advocates want $8 billion for NSF, and President Trump wants less than $7 billion. House appropriators seem to be navigating a path through the middle.
What Do the 2017 Elections Mean for British Academia?
Britain’s recent general election has been the first step towards a long-overdue public debate on the social consequences of austerity and growing socio-economic inequality. What does this sea change mean for British academia?
Theresa Marteau on Healthy Environments
In this Social Science Bites podcast, the director of Studies for Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at Cambridge’s Christ’s College discusses how environment – and that includes the cultural, built and financial environments –buttresses short term pleasures over long term benefits to the detriment of public health.
No Longer Giving Away the Farm, Data Sharing Creates Industry-Wide Results
Where sharing industry information was once thought of as “giving away the farm,” it has since grown into its role as a commonplace technique capable of generating big results.
Would Legislation Make Campus Free Speech Less Free?
Around the United States, state lawmakers have been talking about – and legislating – ways intended to protect free speech on college campuses. Bt some of the approaches may do more harm than good, argues Neal Hutchens.
